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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Diagram Behavior</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog enables you to define how a diagram responds to actions taken on it.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto Instance</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically create object instances when dragging certain element types - such as Class and Component - from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, with the dragged element as the classifier.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Instance has Classifier style</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically apply the classifier style of the element an instance was instantiated from when the instance is created.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Life Lines</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show life lines for Sequence elements in non-Sequence diagrams.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Layout uses all relations</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show all relationships in a diagram layout; deselect the checkbox to show only Generalizations and Associations.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto Save Changes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically save your changes as you work, without having to confirm prompts to do so.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show 'Hidden' Parents</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display any parents of elements in the diagram that are not part of the diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto Group Elements</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Also move visually composed elements when moving diagram nodes. A node is considered composed if it is contained by the moved element and has a higher z-order. Press and hold </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Alt]</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> whilst moving an element to toggle this option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Linked Items in Package</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display connected items on packages.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Package Item Scope</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">+</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> and</span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;"> -</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> indicators representing the scope of the items.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Shift-Mouse Autoscroll</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable you to press and hold </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Shift]</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> and use the mouse to autoscroll around diagrams.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Use Automatic SubActivities</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Generate a new Structured Activity linked to the diagram from a Structured Activity diagram dragged from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Always Highlight Context Element</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show a <a href="highlightcontextelement.htm">hatch border</a> around a selected element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Objects Snap to Grid</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Snap all elements to the grid lines.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Grid</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the grid.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Grid Size</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify the grid size, if you have selected </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Objects Snap to Grid</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto Tidy</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically <a href="connectorstyles.htm#Tidy">tidy line angles</a> for custom connectors. This 'nudges' the custom line into horizontal and vertical increments.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Tidy line gap</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify the amount Enterprise Architect should enable you to move a line away from horizontal and vertical when you are <a href="connectorstyles.htm#Tidy">tidying lines</a> for custom connectors. (See </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Auto Tidy</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> above).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the alias instead of the element name on elements with aliases.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Alias and Name</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display both the element name and the Alias in the format </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">(Alias) name</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Replace the Alias property of instances with a Role property.</span></p>
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